Science Fiction and Fantasy

Journey to the center of steampunk

10 Feb 2012

LOWELL -- It's retro-futuristic. Think Charles Dickens in goggles, sprouting ancillary wings and flying over Lowell.

TV best bets

10 Feb 2012

TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: Movies, 8 and 9 p.m., cable. In olden days, people dismissed fantasy and science fiction as Hollywood's toy department; talented directors made serious movies.

Fayetteville Public Library used bookstore disses Science Fiction/Fantasy readers

8 Feb 2012

So this won’t create much of a ripple in the space/time continuum, but its passing deserves a few lines, I think. One of the greatest inventions in the world after Saran Wrap (sorry - an old Mel Brooks/Carl Reiner 2,000 Year Old Man joke there) has been the creation of the used bookstore. And the Fayetteville Public Library, like most libraries in America, has a dandy used bookstore. But ...